Memorial: M4938

Memorial in Victoria Park, Portsmouth to the officers and men who died during the loss of HMS ‘Victoria’ 1893

Location

Victoria Park, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON BOARD H.M.S. "VICTORIA" / JUNE 22ND 1893 / ERECTED BY THE SURVIVORS' [on marble plaque below] 'THIS MONUMENT / WAS REMOVED FROM / TOWN HALL SQUARE / AT THE REQUEST OF THE SURVIVORS / ON THE 10TH APRIL 1903'

Details

Description: List of casualties on two bronze panels.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Stone, bronze
Vessel: HMS Victoria

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Victoria' sank after collision with HMS 'Camperdown'.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M4938

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters